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Grateful Dead · Cornell
Cornell is a prime example of three separate archival objects: the original concert, circulating recorded sources, and later official commercial release.
May 8, 1977 · Barton Hall · Last editorial source review 2026-10-29
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5 documented research notes
- May 8performance
The official Dead show archive lists the concert at Cornell’s Barton Hall.
- May 8setlist
The published set includes Scarlet Begonias, Fire on the Mountain and Morning Dew.
- 2017release
Rhino officially released Cornell 5/8/77 after the Betty Board master tapes had been acquired.
- 2017release format
Cornell was issued individually and in the four-show Get Shown the Light box.
- 2017master-tape provenance
Rhino credits Betty Cantor-Jackson soundboard masters, Plangent Processes transfers and Jeffrey Norman mastering for the four-show set.
Questions still open
- Crosswalk the audience, soundboard, matrix and official release sources without declaring them interchangeable.
Source bibliography · 2 references
- Grateful Dead · Cornell May 8, 1977 show record ↗artist official
- Rhino · 2017 Cornell and May 1977 archival release ↗label official